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  • M multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de

    Can someone please elaborate on the exploding whale?
    Wikipedia is unusually cryptic on the subject in the article and Youtube won’t let me open the linked videos for some reason…

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    jordanlund@lemmy.world
    wrote last edited by jordanlund@lemmy.world
    #3

    Oh, man, have I got a story for you…

    Youtube Video

    If that link doesn’t work… In 1970 an 8 ton dead gray whale washed up on the beach in Florence.

    Now, in Oregon, all the beaches are public beaches, under the control of the highway department, and they didn’t know how to remove a dead whale.

    So they packed it with 1/2 a ton of dynamite and blew it up thinking the seagulls and crabs would eat the bits remaining.

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    • M multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de

      Can someone please elaborate on the exploding whale?
      Wikipedia is unusually cryptic on the subject in the article and Youtube won’t let me open the linked videos for some reason…

      first_thunder@lemmy.zipF This user is from outside of this forum
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      first_thunder@lemmy.zip
      wrote last edited by
      #4

      Youtube Video

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      • kersplooshK kersploosh

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence%2C_Oregon

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        roidingoldman@lemmy.world
        wrote last edited by roidingoldman@lemmy.world
        #5

        1.3 Sand dunes

        • There are amazing sand dunes

        1.4 exit sign out of town.

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        • jordanlund@lemmy.worldJ jordanlund@lemmy.world

          Oh, man, have I got a story for you…

          Youtube Video

          If that link doesn’t work… In 1970 an 8 ton dead gray whale washed up on the beach in Florence.

          Now, in Oregon, all the beaches are public beaches, under the control of the highway department, and they didn’t know how to remove a dead whale.

          So they packed it with 1/2 a ton of dynamite and blew it up thinking the seagulls and crabs would eat the bits remaining.

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          zephorah@discuss.online
          wrote last edited by
          #6

          Did that guy ever get compensated for his smashed car? What a crazy idea.

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          • M multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de

            Can someone please elaborate on the exploding whale?
            Wikipedia is unusually cryptic on the subject in the article and Youtube won’t let me open the linked videos for some reason…

            This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥T This user is from outside of this forum
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            This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥
            wrote last edited by
            #7

            Can someone please elaborate on the exploding whale?

            Youtube Video

            Warning: It’s catchy af.

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            • jordanlund@lemmy.worldJ jordanlund@lemmy.world

              Oh, man, have I got a story for you…

              Youtube Video

              If that link doesn’t work… In 1970 an 8 ton dead gray whale washed up on the beach in Florence.

              Now, in Oregon, all the beaches are public beaches, under the control of the highway department, and they didn’t know how to remove a dead whale.

              So they packed it with 1/2 a ton of dynamite and blew it up thinking the seagulls and crabs would eat the bits remaining.

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              multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
              wrote last edited by
              #8

              Oh my god, I totally love that news report!
              Has some distinct Monty-Python-vibes!

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              • jordanlund@lemmy.worldJ jordanlund@lemmy.world

                Oh, man, have I got a story for you…

                Youtube Video

                If that link doesn’t work… In 1970 an 8 ton dead gray whale washed up on the beach in Florence.

                Now, in Oregon, all the beaches are public beaches, under the control of the highway department, and they didn’t know how to remove a dead whale.

                So they packed it with 1/2 a ton of dynamite and blew it up thinking the seagulls and crabs would eat the bits remaining.

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                cub Gucci
                wrote last edited by vivalapivo@lemmy.today
                #9

                I’ve finally understood Monty Python. They were just trying to act like regular Americans

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                • jordanlund@lemmy.worldJ jordanlund@lemmy.world

                  Oh, man, have I got a story for you…

                  Youtube Video

                  If that link doesn’t work… In 1970 an 8 ton dead gray whale washed up on the beach in Florence.

                  Now, in Oregon, all the beaches are public beaches, under the control of the highway department, and they didn’t know how to remove a dead whale.

                  So they packed it with 1/2 a ton of dynamite and blew it up thinking the seagulls and crabs would eat the bits remaining.

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                  saltesc@lemmy.world
                  wrote last edited by
                  #10

                  There’s old news footage of it, hang in…

                  Youtube Video

                  The reporter’s sarcasm is 😙👌

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                  • Z zephorah@discuss.online

                    Did that guy ever get compensated for his smashed car? What a crazy idea.

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                    jordanlund@lemmy.world
                    wrote last edited by
                    #11

                    Cue Farmers… “We’ve seen a lot of things…”

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                    • kersplooshK kersploosh

                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence%2C_Oregon

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                      Una
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                      #12

                      meow meow?

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                      • jordanlund@lemmy.worldJ jordanlund@lemmy.world

                        Oh, man, have I got a story for you…

                        Youtube Video

                        If that link doesn’t work… In 1970 an 8 ton dead gray whale washed up on the beach in Florence.

                        Now, in Oregon, all the beaches are public beaches, under the control of the highway department, and they didn’t know how to remove a dead whale.

                        So they packed it with 1/2 a ton of dynamite and blew it up thinking the seagulls and crabs would eat the bits remaining.

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                        hansolo@lemmy.today
                        wrote last edited by
                        #13

                        I’m so excited for the person you’re telling about this. Imagine seeing that video again for the first time?

                        I remember clear as day downloading this video from Limewire and the incredible majesty of understanding that people are, in fact, this stupid.

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                        • jordanlund@lemmy.worldJ jordanlund@lemmy.world

                          Oh, man, have I got a story for you…

                          Youtube Video

                          If that link doesn’t work… In 1970 an 8 ton dead gray whale washed up on the beach in Florence.

                          Now, in Oregon, all the beaches are public beaches, under the control of the highway department, and they didn’t know how to remove a dead whale.

                          So they packed it with 1/2 a ton of dynamite and blew it up thinking the seagulls and crabs would eat the bits remaining.

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                          faythofdragons@slrpnk.net
                          wrote last edited by
                          #14

                          The strangest part is that this is not the only time humans have blown up a whale carcass, and it’s just gone everywhere.

                          Here’s a modern folk song about it happening in Novia Scotia, lol

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                          • M multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de

                            Can someone please elaborate on the exploding whale?
                            Wikipedia is unusually cryptic on the subject in the article and Youtube won’t let me open the linked videos for some reason…

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                            monkdervierte@lemmy.zip
                            wrote last edited by monkdervierte@lemmy.zip
                            #15

                            Dead whales (the huge variants) at a certain state of decomposition can literally explode due to gaseous buildup. Maybe related to that?

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                            • jordanlund@lemmy.worldJ jordanlund@lemmy.world

                              Oh, man, have I got a story for you…

                              Youtube Video

                              If that link doesn’t work… In 1970 an 8 ton dead gray whale washed up on the beach in Florence.

                              Now, in Oregon, all the beaches are public beaches, under the control of the highway department, and they didn’t know how to remove a dead whale.

                              So they packed it with 1/2 a ton of dynamite and blew it up thinking the seagulls and crabs would eat the bits remaining.

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                              The Giant Korean
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                              #16

                              Wow. This was a… blast… from the past.

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                              • R roidingoldman@lemmy.world

                                1.3 Sand dunes

                                • There are amazing sand dunes

                                1.4 exit sign out of town.

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                                yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml
                                wrote last edited by yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml
                                #17

                                1.5 Some dude blew his own arm off with a homemade grenade trying to scare some car thieves.

                                https://www.kezi.com/news/local/florence-man-loses-arm-while-trying-to-stop-car-thieves-with-grenade/article_31e39048-018a-4ec1-940d-862a639b8b15.html

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                                • jordanlund@lemmy.worldJ jordanlund@lemmy.world

                                  Cue Farmers… “We’ve seen a lot of things…”

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                                  jaybone@lemmy.zip
                                  wrote last edited by
                                  #18

                                  This is more like the mayham guy.

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                                  • kersplooshK kersploosh

                                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence%2C_Oregon

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                                    jaybone@lemmy.zip
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                                    #19

                                    Everyone is asking about the whale, but I’m wondering how the accidental sex ban worked.

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                                    • J jaybone@lemmy.zip

                                      Everyone is asking about the whale, but I’m wondering how the accidental sex ban worked.

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                                      justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #20

                                      According to the article they used poor wording for some law.

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                                      • J justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com

                                        According to the article they used poor wording for some law.

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                                        bstix@feddit.dk
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                                        #21

                                        Intending to prevent people from having sexual intercourse in view of bystanders, the council approved a measure that made it illegal to have sex “while in or in view of a public or private place.”

                                        Bold is my emphasis to show the error.

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                                        • M monkdervierte@lemmy.zip

                                          Dead whales (the huge variants) at a certain state of decomposition can literally explode due to gaseous buildup. Maybe related to that?

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                                          snooggums
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                                          #22

                                          In this case it was human intervention.

                                          With dynamite.

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